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Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

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The Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations (BSAFCON) is the beach soccer tournament of Africa,[1] organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).[2] Launched in 2006, the winners of each edition[3] qualifies for African nations to the upcoming FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[2]

Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
Organising bodyCAF
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
RegionAfrica
Number of teams8 (main tournament)
Qualification numbers vary
Qualifier forFIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Current champions Senegal (8th title)
Most successful team(s) Senegal (8 titles)
WebsiteOfficial website
2024 Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations

Coinciding with the annual staging of the World Cup, the competition took place yearly until 2009; the World Cup then became biennial, and as its supplementary qualification event, the championship followed suit.

Senegal is the most successful nation in this competition and in World Cup qualifications, having won eight titles, including the latest one in 2024, and qualified from with nine out of eleven attempts; Nigeria follow close behind, with six qualifications.

History

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In 2006, FIFA made it a requirement for all confederations to begin holding qualification tournaments to determine the best national team(s) in their region and hence those who would proceed to represent their continent in the upcoming World Cup (previously, nations were simply invited to play without having to earn their place).[4] FIFA currently allocate Africa two berths at the World Cup[5] and hence the top two teams (the winners and the runners-up) qualify to the World Cup finals.[6]

Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) originally organized the competition[7] under the title FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier[8] (also known informally as the CAF Beach Soccer Championship).[9] Despite historically having minimal input (often only sending delegates),[10] CAF became lead organizers in 2015,[11] establishing a qualification phase to determine the eight nations to compete in the main tournament. On 6 August 2015, CAF renamed the competition as the "Beach Soccer Africa Cup Of Nations".[12][13] CAF later announced that since three of its competitions were already held in odd-numbered years, the tournament would now be held in even-numbered years henceforth to desaturate the calendar, starting with 2016.[14]

Results

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For all editions of this tournament, the top two teams qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year Location Final Third place play-off
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup CAF qualifier (CAF Beach Soccer Championship)
2006
details 		  Durban, South Africa  
Cameroon 		5–3  
Nigeria 		 
Egypt 		8–3  
Ivory Coast
2007
details 		  Durban, South Africa  
Nigeria 		6–5  
Senegal 		 
Ivory Coast 		2–0  
South Africa
2008
details 		  Durban, South Africa  
Senegal 		12–6  
Cameroon 		 
Ivory Coast 		6–3  
Egypt
2009
details 		  Durban, South Africa  
Nigeria 		7–4  
Ivory Coast 		 
Senegal 		6–4  
Egypt
2011
details 		  Casablanca, Morocco  
Senegal 		7–4  
Nigeria 		 
Egypt 		4–4 (a.e.t.)
(1–0 p.) 		 
Madagascar
2013
details 		  El Jadida, Morocco  
Senegal 		4–1  
Ivory Coast 		 
Morocco 		7–2  
Nigeria
Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations
2015
details 		  Roche Caiman, Seychelles  
Madagascar 		1–1 (a.e.t.)
(2–1 p.) 		 
Senegal 		 
Nigeria 		9–1  
Ivory Coast
2016
details 		  Lagos, Nigeria  
Senegal 		8–4  
Nigeria 		 
Egypt 		4–1  
Morocco
2018
details 		  Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  
Senegal 		6–1  
Nigeria 		 
Egypt 		3–2  
Morocco
2021[a]
details 		  Saly, Senegal  
Senegal 		4–1  
Mozambique 		 
Morocco 		5–3  
Uganda
2022
details 		  Vilankulo, Mozambique[15]  
Senegal 		2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p.) 		 
Egypt 		 
Morocco 		6–4  
Mozambique
2024
details 		  Hurghada, Egypt[16]  
Senegal 		6–1  
Mauritania 		 
Morocco 		4–3  
Egypt
  1. ^ Originally scheduled for 2020. Delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medals (2006-2024)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Senegal (SEN)82111
2  Nigeria (NGR)2417
3  Cameroon (CMR)1102
4  Madagascar (MAD)1001
5  Ivory Coast (CIV)0224
6  Egypt (EGY)0145
7  Mauritania (MRT)0101
  Mozambique (MOZ)0101
9  Morocco (MAR)0044
Totals (9 entries)12121236

Successful nations

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Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place Total
  Senegal 8 (2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2021*, 2022, 2024) 2 (2007, 2015) 1 (2009) – 10
  Nigeria 2 (2007, 2009) 4 (2006, 2011, 2016*, 2018) 1 (2015) 1 (2013) 8
  Cameroon 1 (2006) 1 (2008) – – 2
  Madagascar 1 (2015) – – 1 (2011) 2
  Ivory Coast – 2 (2009, 2013) 2 (2007, 2008) 2 (2006, 2015) 6
  Egypt – 1 (2022) 4 (2006, 2011, 2016, 2018*) 3 (2008, 2009, 2024*) 8
  Mozambique – 1 (2021*) – 1 (2022) 2
  Mauritania – 1 (2024) – – 1
  Morocco – – 4 (2013*, 2021, 2022, 2024) 2 (2016, 2018) 6
  Uganda – – – 1 (2021) 1
  South Africa – – – 1 (2007*) 1
* Hosts

Awards

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By category

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Al Seyni Ndiaye is a seven-time winner of the best goalkeeper award.
Year Top goalscorer(s) Gls Best player Best goalkeeper
  2006
[17] 		9   Frédéric Aka   Pascal Mbeyo
  2007
[18] 		14   Frédéric Aka   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  2008   Stephane Bobou[19] 12   Pape Koukpaki   Kevin Enam
  2009   Isiaka Olawale[18] 14   Isiaka Olawale   Kevin Enam
  2011   Babacar Fall
  Pape Koukpaki[20] 		8   Isiaka Olawale   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  2013   Abu Azeez[21] 12   Nassim El Hadaoui   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  2015   Alexander Adjei[22] 15   Toky Randriamampandry   Jhorialy Rafalimanana
  2016   Babacar Fall[23] 11   Emeka Ogbonna   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  2018   Assouan Kablan[24] 10   Abu Azeez   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  2021   Nelson Manuel[25][26] 10   Nelson Manuel   Al Seyni Ndiaye
  2022   Mandione Diagne[27] 10   Mandione Diagne   Al Seyni Ndiaye

By nationality

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Rank Team Awards
1   Senegal 13
2   Nigeria 9
3   Ivory Coast 6
4   Madagascar 2
5   Mozambique 2
6   Morocco 1
7   Ghana 1
8   Cameroon 1
9   South Africa 1

Summary (2006-2022)

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Rank Team Part M W WE WP L GF GA GD Points
1   Senegal 10 47 36 1 3 7 275 148 +127 113
2   Nigeria 9 40 24 2 1 13 237 169 +68 77
3   Egypt 11 48 22 1 3 22 226 183 +41 71
4   Morocco 9 38 20 0 0 18 163 143 +20 60
5   Ivory Coast 9 40 16 1 4 19 180 185 –5 54
6   Madagascar 6 25 9 2 2 12 120 111 +9 33
7   Cameroon 3 12 6 0 1 5 55 55 0 19
8   Mozambique 5 18 6 0 1 11 59 89 –30 19
9   South Africa 5 15 4 0 0 11 60 65 –5 12
10   Uganda 2 8 2 0 1 5 26 44 –18 7
11   Ghana 3 12 2 0 0 10 48 76 –28 6
12   Cape Verde 2 7 1 0 1 5 22 46 –24 4
13   Algeria 1 3 1 0 0 2 14 19 –5 3
14   Libya 5 16 1 0 0 15 63 109 –46 3
15   Tanzania 2 8 0 1 0 7 20 42 –22 2
16   Malawi 1 3 0 0 0 3 11 17 –6 0
17   Mauritius 1 2 0 0 0 2 3 23 –20 0
18   Seychelles 2 8 0 0 0 8 12 58 –46 0

Points: W = 3 points / WE = 2 points / WP = 1 points / L = 0 points

Appearances & performance timeline

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The following is a performance timeline of the teams who have appeared in this tournament and how many appearances they each have made.

Additionally, eight teams have entered the qualification round at least once since its introduction in 2015 without having yet qualified for the finals, nor having participated in the tournament before 2015 when entry was automatic which are: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Sudan and Tunisia. A further team, DR Congo, qualified for the 2021 tournament but withdrew before the finals began.

Legend
a. ^ In some years, teams knocked-out at round 1 played no further matches (these results are marked as R1).
In other years, classification matches were then played to determine all final placements.
Timeline

Entry requirements:

  • 2006–2013: Automatic entry for all teams.
  • Since 2015: Eight teams qualify through the qualification round.
Year
Team
 2006
 
(6) 		2007
 
(8) 		2008
 
(8) 		2009
 
(9) 		2011
 
(9) 		2013
 
(8) 		2015
 
(8) 		2016
 
(8) 		2018
 
(8) 		2021
 
(7) 		2022
 
(8) 		2024
 
(8) 		Apps
⁄11
  Algeria × × × × 6th × × × × × × • 1
  Cameroon 1st R1 2nd × × × ×× × × × • • 3
  Cape Verde × 6th R1 × × × × • × × × • 2
  Egypt 3rd 5th 4th 4th 3rd R1 6th 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd 4th 12
  Ghana × × × × × R1 7th 7th × ×× • Q 4
  Ivory Coast 4th 3rd 3rd 2nd 7th 2nd 4th 6th 6th ×× • • 9
  Libya × × × R1 8th R1 ×× 8th 8th ×× ×× • 5
  Madagascar × × × × 4th R1 1st 5th 5th ×× R1 • 6
  Malawi × × × × × × × × × × 6th Q 2
  Mauritania • • • • • • • • • • • Q 1
  Mauritius × × × R1 × × • × × × × • 1
  Morocco 6th × × 5th 5th 3rd 5th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd Q 10
  Mozambique × R1 R1 6th × × • • • 2nd 4th Q 6
  Nigeria 2nd 1st R1 1st 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd × xx • 10
  Senegal × 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st Q 11
  Seychelles × × × × × × 8th × × 7th • • 2
  South Africa 5th 4th R1 R1 9th × • × ×× × × • 5
  Tanzania × × × × × × • • 7th 6th • Q 3
  Uganda × × × × × × • ×× • 4th 5th • 2

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

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Main article: FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup records and statistics

The following is a performance timeline of the CAF teams who appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend
Team \ Years  
2005[†] 		 
2006 		 
2007 		 
2008 		 
2009 		 
2011 		 
2013 		 
2015 		 
2017 		 
2019 		 
2021 		 
2023 		 
2025 		Total
  Cameroon R1 R1 2
  Côte d'Ivoire R1 R1 2
  Egypt R1 1
  Madagascar R1 1
  Mauritania Q 1
  Mozambique R1 1
  Nigeria R1 QF R1 QF R1 R1 6
  Senegal QF R1 QF R1 R1 QF QF 4th R1 Q 10
  Seychelles Q 1
  South Africa R1 1
Total number of unique qualifiers 10
Notes
  1. ^
    In 2005, no qualification was held and South Africa were selected to represent CAF at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

References

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